I played the demo for this game and yeah if it wasn't for the recycle system I couldn't think of a good reason to play it ever. I thought it was kinda dull and forgettable. Just because a game is a great value doesn't mean it's worth my time and people forget that a lot.

Kind of a shame that the steam achievements aren't plugged in. That and the price seems a bit high for the length of the game. Especially living in Europe right now. They just changed the dollar sign to an E in the price.

@zerdune: Yeah, Valve are the kings of turrets. Half-Life had a great turret sequence during On A Rail where you had to flank a soldier on an emplaced turret. Half-Life 2 had a similar sequence except you were drawing the turret's fire so your antlions could flank him. Portal was nothing but awesome turrets. And Team Fortress 2 is all about the turrets. Yay turrets!

I got this game on Gamersgate awhile ago because it looked cool and was cheap. I do not like it. I was hoping for a Mega Man ripoff shooting platformer. I do not care for this "mouse look in 2D" crap - though to be fair, I use my Dual Shock 3 as a USB controller. Which means I had to use ControlMK to get it to work correctly; I suppose with a 360 pad, it looks like it could just play like a Metal Slug title (which would be preferable). But it sure made for a cool Quick Look ;)

For a second I thought this game was going to be metroid-like, but now I'm disappointed. This probably isnt the right place to ask this, by why arent there more games that try to steal that style of gameplay?

That was pretty cool. I like the look and I REALLY like the music. The first couple levels look kinda easy, but maybe it builds. Was all that screen tearing happening in the game or is it just this video?

" While it looks decent enough and it has awesome music, this just makes me want a new Mega Man X game. "

@TobyD81 said:

" That was pretty cool. I like the look and I REALLY like the music. The first couple levels look kinda easy, but maybe it builds. Was all that screen tearing happening in the game or is it just this video? "

Yeah, the music is fucking awesome. Really refreshing to see so many people liking it, considering its done by one of my favorite groups. You can find their website here: http://www.hyperduck.co.uk/?page_id=1093

Prior to ARES, they're most known in the indie community for their work on Iji, a freeware shooter - http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php (Should you decide to play Iji, GET THE HQ SOUNDTRACK, the lower quality one is compressed as hell)